Now Is No Time To Play Dead [View all]
Joe Trippi
“Don’t wait for anyone to save us. If our Constitution and our democracy are to be saved, it will be the people to the rescue. That means all of us. Why us? Because we can not lose faith in our own power. And you have plenty of power.”
Perhaps the most tragic mistake made since Donald Trump won the Presidency in 2016 was the failure and inaction to prosecute the case against him immediately after his failed January 6th coup attempt when he was at his weakest. The Gallup Poll in January 2021 showed clearly that Trump’s approval had collapsed to a mere 35% favorable rating as he was voted out of office and then staged his failed and traitorous attempt to remain in power. Instead of launching a concerted all-out attack both legally and politically to define and disqualify him as the dangerous threat to our nation that he is, he was allowed and enabled to launch the big lie and continue his assault. Silence and inaction from too many in that moment was a massive mistake.
Today, too many of our leaders are making that same mistake again. We, the people, can not and must not make that mistake too. We cannot stay silent or play dead.
Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut gets it:
“The idea that we should sit back and let them collapse is ridiculous.” He told Ben Rhodes in a NY Times piece.”They are going to define their project as something legitimate if we don’t define them as something corrupt.”
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